In-Box Review

introduction

BRAVO-6 added another unique two-figure kit to US Infantry Vietnam Rumble in Jungle series. This time US Soldiers are in serious trouble asking for an air attack to their own location. Kit is named as Broken Arrow which is a Vietnam era military code for a call for close air support by all available forces for a military unit on the ground in grave danger of being overrun.

box

The kit comes well packed in standard light brown cardboard box . The front part of the box shows a photo of the assembled and painted figures which can serve as a painting guide. On the other side of the box; e-mail and web address of the company are noted.
The main parts-bodies and other parts of the figures like arms, weapons and accessories are seperately inserted in small plastic zip-lock bags to avoid unexpected damages during transfer.

parts

Both of the figures are sculpted by Vladimir Demchenko and come in medium grey resin parts. Figure bodies will need some work to remove from large casting blocks as in all figures lying on the ground. Other parts can be easily removed from blocks but you should be careful on some fragile parts, especially on the muzzles of rifles and backpack frames not to damage them. The resin quality is good and details are crisp. No air bubbles or casting mistakes on the figures. No cleanwork will be needed as you get rid of the casting blocks.

A XM-177E2 with a collapsible stock,extended flash hider and twenty round magazine is given to put next to the figure.

Figure #2 - RTO
Communicating in prone position, figure comes in 13 parts. He wears the standard uniform of jungle jacket, trousers and boots as the first figure and carries the same LCE. Uniform details, suspenders and harness of backpack are well represented. M16 ammo pouches on both sides and a compass pouch on the right side are cast on the figure.

Head : Facial details, hair and talking pose with open mouth are all well defined on the figure.

Right arm : Posed to hold the handset on his ear. Cloth folds, upfolded sleeves and wrist watch are well defined.

Left arm : Posed to hold the rifle on the ground. He carries a watch on his wrist.

Born in 1962,married and having 2 sons. I started modelling about 8 years old building USS Fletcher with mom. It was a model dad brought from USA., I think in those days only a few people in Turkey had info on scale model kits. Grown as an AF officer son , I built many aircraft models in years. Som...